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DID STOVER DIE OF HIS WOUNDS OR GO
NORTH?
Mystery
of
DUNNIGAN
(Yolo Co.), May 27 - Walter STOVER, the sheep herder who mysteriously
disappeared from the HUFFORD range some time ago, and who was supposed to have
been killed for his money, is reported to be in the northern part of the State.
This information, however, is unaccompanied by proof, and there are reasons for
doubting it.
The cause of his sudden leave taking is said
to have been on account of his fear of “a man with a knife and a gun” whose dog
he had killed for the reason that it played havoc among his sheep. On hearing
of the dog’s demise its owner shouldered his rifle and set out to hunt the man
who killed it.
Having been forewarned, Stover immediately
took to the woods, leaving his sheep to wander at their will. This part of the
story occurred on the FITZPATRIC range several miles west of the Hufford place. After securing his wages, about $200, he
crossed over the hills to Hufford’s and applying for
work was given charge of 900 sheep, which he herded nearly two weeks, when he
again disappeared, at midday, as previously related in The Bee.
This time he did not draw his wages, although
it is declared he hovered about the locality for a fortnight, concealing
himself by day but after nightfall going forth from his lair to meet his
sweetheart. The identity of his sweetheart is a profound secret. He also cached
considerable provisions and other supplied which, buy chance, were recently
found by the man who mourns the loss of his dog.
Several days after his second disappearance,
while hurrying across country to Arbuckle for medical assistance, Stover
appeared at the cabin of a settler, stating that he had just had a bloody
encounter with his enemy and was suffering from a knife wound in the abdomen.
The settler offered his assistance, which was declined, the herder saying, “I
must hurry; I am bleeding.”
This was the last seen of the man in this
locality. And now it is said he is “up north,” but this report is not accepted
as true by many.
FIRE DESTROYS HOME
UKIAH ASYLUM EMPLOYE WAS SEVERELY
INJURED
UKIAH
(Mendocino Co.), May 26 - Thursday morning, a party made up of Andy MILNE and
Will HILDRETH, of Ukiah, and Charles WILSON and Vic McCLURE,
of the
Wilson was thrown out
against the bank, the fall breaking his right leg above the knee and wrenching
his back. His companions set the injured limb the best they could and
then brought him to town, and summoned a physician. He was badly hurt and it
will be many weeks before he will be able to attend to his accustomed duties.
Wilson is General Supervisor of the Asylum,
which position he has held for some time.
UKIAH ATHLETE HONORED
UKIAH
(Mendocino Co.), May 27 - Fred HOLMAN, formerly a student in the local High
School, but now attending
COLUSA,
May 27 - Dr. G.I. CASON, County Physician and one of the best known physicians
in this part of the State, and Miss Mary REES, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen
Rees, of this place, were quietly married at the residence of the bride’s
parents yesterday by Rev. O’BRIEN, of the Episcopal church.
TOOK LAUDANUM BUT DOCTOR SAVED HIM
DUNSMUIR
(Siskiyou Co.), May 27 - A man named HOLMAN, a carpenter, working on the new
hotel here, attempted suicide yesterday by taking laudanum.
Dr. CROSS worked on him for several hours and
brought him around, but it was a close call.
It is stated that Holman comes from
MRS. CARRIE HUME WEDS A.J. WRIGHT
REDDING
(Shasta Co.), May 27 - A.J. WRIGHT and Mrs. Carrie HUME, both of this city,
were married in Sacramento last evening at the residence of William STOUT, 511
Tenth Street, Rev. WILLS of the Presbyterian Church officiating.
At the wedding ceremony last evening the home
of the Stouts, who formerly lived in this county and are friends of long
standing of the contracting parties, was decorated tastefully in pink and white
carnations, maiden fern and green grass. The bride was becomingly attired in a
handsome gown of soft voile of champagne color over taffeta silk. Mrs. Stout,
who was the bridesmaid, was attired in crepe de chene
over gray moire silk. Both the groom and the best
man, who was Mr. Stout, were in the conventional black.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Wright are well and
favorably known in
SMELTER RAILROAD CHECKED BY
TEMPORARY INJUNCTION
The Company is building a railroad a mile in
length to connect its smelter at De La Mar with the Anchor shaft. Fifty men are
now at work grading the right of way.
Jeus claims that
the road will cross his quartz claims and that he has never given title to the
right of way. He asks that the injunction made permanent and that he be awarded
damages in the sum of $500.
BOUND OVER ON CHARGE OF STEALING
BRANDY FROM CAR
RED
BLUFF (Tehama Co.), May 27 - The preliminary examination of John CASEY and John
DAWSON, the men arrested for stealing brandy from a car here recently, was held
yesterday before Justice of the Peace W.L. BRANSFORD, and the men were held for
trial in the Superior Court under bon of $500 each.
Their testimony was to the effect that they
found the brandy in the brush south of town. The people, however, proved that
the brandy had been stolen, and these men were found with it in their
possession. This was enough, and they were held for trial.
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
RED
BLUFF (Tehama Co.), May 27 - The divorce suit of Dr. J. Hial
WEST vs. Nellie E. WEST was begun to-day in the Superior Court. The case is
being heard behind closed doors, and little or nothing is known of it’s
progress. Judge GRAY, of Oroville, if trying the case. No reporter is engaged
to take testimony.
CONSTABLE ARRESTS SUSPECTED BURGLAR
LINCOLN
(Placer Co.), May 27 -
Late Wednesday evening he as notified that
burglary and theft of Jewelry, etc., had been committed at the residence of
Walter MIDGLEY, near the Dairy Farm Mine, a few miles north of
The burglar gives his name as William JONES,
and the stolen articles are valued at about $150 or $200, and consist of a
lady’s gold chain and locket, three gold rings, a diamond shirt stud, a lady’s
breastpin with two gold nuggets pendant, a pair of gold cuff buttons, with gold
quart settings, a gold shirt stud, with gold quartz setting, a gold pen, and a
pair of shoes.
Most of these articles have been identified
by the owners, but Jones denies having stolen them, and states that he is ready
for trial any time.
His preliminary examination will probably be
held to-day before Justice HARPER of
He is a
stranger here, no one appearing to know him.
RICH RETURNS FORM PLACER MINES IN
OAK BAR DISTRICT
Siskiyou
County’s Gold Output Increasing With Each Season
YREKA
(Siskiyou Co.), May 27 - The numerous placer mines of the Oak Bar Mining District,
one of the richest sections of this county, are showing great activity in
operations at the present time.
The Pine Grove placer mine, which is under
the management of M.J. WHITNEY, is being operated to its fullest capacity by a
large force of men. The ground worked this season is exceptionally rich and
will yield handsome returns. The clean-up will be commenced in about ten days.
C.A.F. JENSEN, of the McKinley Creek Mine,
has had an unusually long run this season, having washed down a great deal of
ground. The clean-up has now commenced and it is reported from a reliable
source that the bedrock is literally covered with gold, from which pieces are
being picked up, in quantities as large as good-sized beans. The returns from
this property will be very large this season.
The old M. MOTT placer mine recently
purchased by GRESSWELL & Company, of
The Oak Bar hydraulic mine made a clean-up
last Sunday which was unusually large and the Company is well satisfied. This
property has been equipped recently with new and modern appliances and will be
worked on a more extensive scale next season.
The hydraulic property, situated on the Little
Humbug, and being operated by S.R .WHITE and Henry MUSGRAVE, has been paying
handsomely this season.
P.C. LANGE, of Barkhouse,
has been working his hydraulic mine all Winter with satisfactory returns. This
claim is known as the “Big Nugget Claim,” owing to the gold being coarse. Some
very large nuggets have been taken from this property.
MAPLESIEN Brothers and HAMMER of Hamburg, are
operating the Thomas QUIGLEY Mine, just below Beaver Creek, this season. They
have encountered some very rich ground. The mine has been thoroughly equipped
and it is expected that bedrock will be reached this season, where the best
values are found.
The placer mine on House Creek, owned by the
JOHNSON boys, of Yreka, is being thoroughly worked with a promising outlook. This
property has been a large producer in the past and better returns are expected
this year than heretofore.
The White Cloud Mine, on Horse Creek, is
being opened up again. A. MONTGOMERY, of Oakland, being the operator, and it is
thought to be a rich property.
The Horse Creek Mine, recently sold to a San
Francisco Company, has been incorporated under the title of the Ethelyn Gold Mining Company. A large force of men has been
put to work cleaning out the large ditch, preparatory to working the mine. A sawmill
will also be erected on this property in the near future.
The clean-up at the placer mine near Hamburg
Bar, which has been operated by Jack CONNELLY and associates, of this place,
this season, has been finished, and yielded large returns. Mr. Connelly brought
in some handsome nuggets of various sizes, which he secured form this property.
The force at the Spengler
Mine, on the Klamath River, owned by Maurice RENNER, of this place, has been
increased to twenty-five men and work will be continued as long as possible
before the clean-up is made, as they are at present in a streak of very rich
ground.
The placer properties of this county are fast
coming to the front and every season seem to increase in number of operations
and in amount of output.
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Funeral of Rev. Father Scanlon Held at St. Joseph’s
Church - Pontifical High Mass - Sermon by Rev. Father McSweeney
- Mrs .Crocker Ill
SAN FRANCISCO, June 7 - The
funeral of Father Scanlon, who died in New York a few days ago, took place
to-day from
Father McSweeney of
St. Francis Parish, Oakland, and an old friend and fellow-worker of Father
Scanlon, preached the sermon, which was an eloquent tribute to the worth of the
deceased priest. There were many beautiful floral tributes. The interment was
in
Unwilling that their comrade should sleep on
the bottom of the merciless sea, the engine crew of the good ship Ventura
induced Captain HAYWARDS to allow them to bring the body of Frank Nutt IRVINE
to port, that he might find eternal rest in his native land. And not only did
they succeed in doing this, but before they reached port they had raised, among
passengers and crew, $800 for the aged and bereaved mother of the deceased.
Calculating that he could get into the place
without being seen by availing himself of the fire escape, E.O. NASH, better
known as “Kid” Nash, early this morning was responsible for a cry of burglars
being raised at the Hotel Rex, at 242 Turk street ,and in a short time he found
himself booked at the City Prison on a charge of burglary.
As the result of a beating, during which she
was struck several times on the head with a three-foot hickory club, aged Mrs.
J.G. LARNED lies near the point of death at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A.E.
SKINNER, 4698 Telegraph avenue. In a cell at the City Prison languishes her
son-in-law, A.E. SKINNER, whom the aged victim accuses as her assailant.
John C. UNDERWOOD, Past Grand Sire of the Odd
Fellows order in the world, Generalissimo of the Patriarchs Militant, of which
he is founder and organizer, and ex-Governor of Kentucky, arrived in San
Francisco yesterday for the purpose of clinching the arrangements that have
been made for the bringing to the coast and the entertainment while here in
September of visiting Odd Fellows of the Sovereign Grand Lodge.
The presence of mind of Herbert VANPROONEN,
an employe of the
Mrs. John PATTERSON of
R.J. EVANS, a shipping clerk in the employ of
the Moraghan Oyster Company, committed suicide to-day
by shooting himself in the head. He is said to have been despondent.
Advices have been received in this city stating
that Mrs. George CROCKER is dangerously ill in
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MARRIAGE
LICENSE AND DIVORCE RECORD
COLUSA (Colusa Co.), October 8 - County Clerk CRUTCHER
has granted three marriage licenses this week. The first was to Matthias J.
OSSENBRINGGEN, a native of
The next
license was issued to Matthews BAILER and Mrs. Henrietta BARTELS, both residing
at Hough Springs. The groom has for years been a resident of
The third
license was granted to Florance E. MANCHESTER, to wed
Miss Maud R. BROOKS. An account of the wedding appeared in Wednesday’s Bee. The
couple will reside in Red Bluff.
YREKA, October 8 - The following marriage licenses
were issued by the
Jacob D.
OFFIELD, 25, and Sarah E. KINGSBURY, 25, both of Hamburg Bar; John S. ROSS, 30,
and Jesse E. MURRAY, 21, both of Gazelle; Guy A. COOLIDGE, 21, of Santa Cruz,
and Effie M. JOHNSON, 18, of Sisson; James BACHMAN, 37, and Henrietta ALLEE,
16, both of Greview - consent of bride’s parents;
John J. JOHNSON, 27, and Bertha E. MOORE, 22, both of Etna; Joseph A. GUILD, 23
and Nora E. SANDERS, 21, both of Dunsmuir.
OROVILLE, October 8 -
Ellen E. DEAN
has brought action for divorce from Albert Dean on the ground of desertion.
They have two sons and one daughter, all of age.
Carrie A.
COMER has begun suit against James COMER for divorce, on the grounds of
desertion and failure to provide.
In the case of
Carrie E. HALL vs. Claude HALL, service of summons on
MARYSVILLE, October 8 - The following marriage
licenses were issued by the Clerk of
J. Sandy HATTON and Miss Josephine BURNS, both of Marysville;
Barney BREDIMUS and Miss Kate EILERMAN, both of Marysville; Martin KUSER, of
The divorce
suit entitled Alice
SHAFFER vs. Joseph H. SHAFFER is on hearing in the Superior
Court.
GROCERS
ORGANIZE
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), October 8 - To protect themselves against the ever-present “dead beat,” the grocers
of Marysville and
The manager’s
duty will be to report to each firm each month the names of such persons as are
derelict in their settlement of accounts and who may want to make a change to
another store. In this way the “grafter” who has made his appearance each
Summer with the cannery season will be outwitted, as well as the dishonest one
who is to be found in every community.
TORTURES
HIMSELF FEARFULLY, WHILE INSANE FROM COCAINE
WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.), October 8 - D.B.V. DOLPH,
who recently came to
He imagined
that there were bugs in his head and between his eyes, and when found his naked
body was be-smeared with blood, which had flowed from his nose and which was
caused from inserting instruments into his nostrils to remove the supposed
vermin.
James DAVIS
and D.C. DERRICK found the insane man and were forced to break down the door to
reach him. They removed two of the instruments which had stuck in his nose.
Sheriff
FALLS
OVER GRADE IN DARK AND WILL DIE
WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.), October 8 - Owen MEREDITH,
an old miner of the East Fork country, while driving from here to his home met
with an accident Wednesday night which will probably cause his death. In
company with Charles KRUMPS, a quartz mine owner of the same region, he left
Weaverville at
It was so dark
his partner could not see him, so he drove to
Meredith has
quite a local reputation for bravery. A few months ago, although a man of
nearly 70 years of age, he killed a large mountain lion with a stick. His dog
treed the animal, and Meredith tied his jackknife to the end of his cane,
climbed the tree and prodded the animal in the throat. The lion jumped from
tree to tree and was followed each time by Meredith, who climbed up and gave
him another jab. The lion became so weakened that Meredith finally killed him
with a club.
LANE
NOT CONVICTED
COLUSA (Colusa Co.), October 8 - The case of The
People vs. Newell LANE, charged with burglary, as told in The Bee, which has
occupied Judge ALLBERY’s Court all this week, cane to
a close Thursday night, and the jury, after being out until nearly 1 o’clock
Friday morning, was dismissed, unable to agree. They stood ten for acquittal
and two for conviction. Lane was charged with stealing a pair of pants from
under the pillow of George
John
A.E SHUSTER
Real Estate Dealer and Business Chances.
Henry
VAN TIGER
General Auctioneer and Real Estate Agent. Office
TO
THE HOMESEEKER
We are now
selling the grand grain farm of the late Senator BOGGS at
C.M. WOOSTER Co.
GOLDEN
EAGLE HOTEL
J.M. RUGGLES, Proprietor
Formerly of
THE IMPERIAL -Red Bluff,
Leading Family and Commercial Hotel. Large Sample Rooms in
CUMMINGS STABLES,
Livery and feed. Commercial trade a specialty. The best of
care afforded boarding and transient stock. Telephone 181. B.F. RUTLEDGE,
Proprietor
PARK
LIVERY STABLES
A.W. McPHERSON & Sons,
Props.
Commercial
trade a specialty. Office
New
Management Phone No. 191
THE LUNA STABLES
Red Bluff,
A.J. BEGARD, Proprietor
Livery, Feed and
IMPERIAL
POULTRY REMEDIES
“Are sold under strict guarantee to do as represented
of money refunded.” Any honest person whose poultry is dying from cholera, roup or lice is authorized to go to their grocer to-day and
get a package of Imperial Poultry Compound, use as directed, and if it fails to
do exactly what we claim, get your money back. We have tested its merits
thoroughly. Trial package, 50 cents, at your grocer’s. Geo. S. MASTON, General
agent, 2319 H St., Sacramento,
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The
Fired Four Shots Into Woman’s
Body as She Lay Asleep and Then Killed Himself - China Basin Filled In.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12 - Fred
AVERILL, a cook, fired four bullets into the body of Lulu LOCKWOOD as she lay
asleep to-day in a Mason-street lodging -house, inflicting wounds which
probably will prove fatal. He then shot himself through the head and is dying.
The woman has made a statement, saying that jealousy was the cause of the
shooting, as she had told Averill she was going to return to her husband, from
whom she was separated.
The filling in of China Basin, on
which the Santa Fe has been working for many years, is practically completed,
and hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of earth have been taken from the Potrero hills and dumped into the bay to make land for the
big freight sheds. Now that this work is done the
Police Judge CONLAN to-day held
Dr. Thomas F. BRENNAN to answer in the Superior Court on the grand larceny
charge preferred by Father P.J. GRAY, former rector of St. Patrick’s Church, as
he announced yesterday he would do. Bail was fixed at $10,000, and the
necessary bond was immediately furnished, so that Brennan was not compelled to
go to the City Prison. Father Gray alleges that Brennan got more than $37,000
of his money by misrepresentation.
Despondent because of ill-health,
Arthur E. BENNETT determined to finally carry out numerous threats he had made
to commit suicide, and shot himself in the temple at
Four more vessels that have
probably either been delayed or disabled by the recent storms that have
troubled the waters of three oceans were posted as overdue to-day and the Sirene, which jumped from 10 to 30 per cent yesterday, took
another leap of ten points. The Sirene has been out
134 days from
Frank WILSON, the expressman who was injured Saturday noon at Sutter and
Stockton streets by being thrown from his wagon, which collided with a street
car, died at the
The
There have been several changes
in the
Owing to the large quantity of freight being shipped to the Orient the Pacific Mail Company has made arrangements to send the steamer Algoa to the East to take the freight awaiting shipment on the dock. The Algoa will leave about October 20th.
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ADIN (Modoc Co.), November 10 - What at one time
threatened to be an epidemic of diphtheria in
The report recently published in The Bee from
Napa State Hospital Loses Suit on Nice Legal Point in the Welsh Case FAIRFIELD (Solano Co.), November 10 - Judge A.J. BUCKLES has rendered an opinion in the case of the Napa State Hospital against Solano County for the maintenance of John WELSH, an insane patient. The case was tried some time ago and submitted on briefs. Practically three cases for a total of about $2000 are decided by the Judges opinion. The case has an interesting history and was decided in the county’s favor on a nice legal point.
In the Fall of 1884 John Walsh
was arrested on a charge of burglarizing a house in
“If the jury find the defendant insane * * * the Court must order that he be committed by the Sheriff to the State Insane Asylum.” Section 1373 winds up, saying: “The expense of sending the defendant to the Asylum and of keeping him there are in the first instance chargeable to the county in which the information was filed.”
The facts in the case were all admitted. The county claimed not to be liable for the cost of keeping Welsh in the Asylum because he was never called for trial, the question of his sanity having arisen when he was called for arraignment. Judge Buckles upheld the contention of District Attorney Tom Gregory and gave judgement for the county. It was a nice point to make and won the suit.
Another peculiar incident connected with the case was that the county’s defense was made by a lawyer who is the son of the attorney who represented Welsh when he was adjudged insane.
Youth Kills Man With Which He
Quarreled - Details of Tragedy Not Known
Fred SHOCK, aged 19 years, who is a son of William Shock, an old resident, and a cousin of Supervisor John Shock, quarreled with Lewis WINTEIRIED, and yesterday morning about 11 o’clock, it is alleged, he struck the latter over the head with a heavy shovel. Winteiried died a couple of hours later.
Young Shock was employed by B.F. MYERS, owner of a mining claim in that vicinity, and the first reports that came out were to the effect that he had killed his employer. The Coroner and other officers left Weaverville under that impression yesterday afternoon, but when they reached Hayfork they learned of their mistake. This morning they left for the scene of the murder and in inquest will be held this afternoon. It is not likely, however, that the result will be known here before to-night or to-morrow morning.
GRIDLEY (Butte Co.), November 10 - The use of newspapers for lining pantry shelves, padding our calves, making bustles, lining quilts, for mattresses and a hundred other things are familiar, but a Gridley man has discovered a use for them that is unique. The JACK brothers are market hunters. They have rented a piece of swamp land west of Gridley and north of the hunting grounds of the Gridley Gun Club, and are making their living by supplying the people of San Francisco and other bay towns with geese and ducks.
Not having sufficient decoys one of the brothers went to a local newspaper office and purchased a quantity of old papers. These he takes and makes dozens of a sort of small tent on the ground, driving stakes to hold the paper in place against the wind and weather. Bands of white geese high in the air see the white paper on the ground and thinking them to be brethren, come swooping down and offer themselves as targets for the guns of the watching young hunters. The brothers say that the papers work as well as any decoy they ever used. The geese are fooled repeatedly by the paper tents.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), November 10 - Dr. Yoshitaw WATANABE, Professor of Mining and Engineering in
colleges of Tokio, Japan, spent yesterday in Oroville
investigating dredger mining as carried on here. The professor has been over
from
It was shown by two witnesses that
Coroner’s Jury Renders Verdict As To What Caused Death of B.F. Hill. RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), November 10 - The Coroner’s jury last night brought in a verdict that Benjamin Franklin HILL, the old man who was knocked down in the course of an ante-election row and received injuries which resulted fatally, on election day, at the County Hospital, came to his death from a fall on a cement sidewalk cause by a blow dealt by William F. ERWIN, without intent to do bodily harm. There was a fracture about four inches in length at the base of the brain and a clot of blood there caused meningitis, the primary cause of death. The evidence of Supervisor CHASE and his recent Democratic opponent, Mr. SCHAFER, tended to show that Hill had aggravated the trouble, which had started over a political discussion, at first begun in perfect good nature and which degenerated into a wrangle. Hill commenced abusing Erwin after being repeatedly warned to desist and was told several times to keep away from the party. After all attempts to make him seek other employment for his leisure, the fatal blow was struck. Mr. Erwin then took the stand in his own behalf, and stated in plain terms just how the regrettable affair took place, and the story of how he sought to avoid trouble until it was really in self-defense that he struck at the old man with no further intention than to force Hill to keep away and leave him in peace. He declared that he had pushed the tormentor away several times, and the latter had gone into the saloon, where he remained about ten minutes. Erwin testified that when Hill returned he thought the old man had procured a knife or some weapon, and when he cursed him roundly had struck the blow which felled Hill to the sidewalk, where he was rendered unconscious.
SUTTER CREEK (Amador Co.), November 10 - The Coroner’s Jury has returned a verdict of death by arsenic administered by unknown persons in the case of Mrs. Dr. STAPLES, who died under suspicious circumstances some time ago. The result of a chemical analysis showed that arsenic was in the stomach of the woman, whose body was exhumed for investigation. Sheriff NORMAN, of this county, has telegraphed instructions to arrest Dr. Staples, her husband, and a Mrs. HOXIE, both of whom disappeared about the time of Mrs. Staples’ death.
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ADOLPH
WEBER IS SUSPECTED OF MURDERING ENTIRE FAMILY
Terrible Crime at
It was about
That a great
crime had been committed was not to be doubted, and for a time suspicion fell
upon the father, Julius Weber. His body had not then been found, of course, and
the surmise was that in a fit of jealous rage he had killed his family and fired
his house to hide the crime, if possible. This morning, however, his charred
body was found amid the ruins in the rear of what had been his happy home, near
where the bath tub had been located.
For a time the
theory was that robbery had prompted the awful crime, but this is no longer
entertained, unless by a very few. Weber’s safe, containing quite a sum of
money, was not disturbed.
When it was
ascertained beyond all doubt that murder had been committed it was recalled
that the bodies of Mrs. Weber and her daughter, Miss Bertha Weber, aged about
18, had been found in a room to which the fire had not penetrated. Both were
badly burned, however, the latter almost to a crisp. It was evident that they
had been dragged into the room after having been shot. The little boy, Earl,
had a deep wound in his forehead. The only weapons found in the ruins of the
house were two 22 -calibre rifles. The bullets that
had killed the two women were of larger calibre,
however.
Little Frances
SNOWDEN, a niece of Mrs. Weber, was at her aunt’s home about
Weber was a
well-known and respected citizen who has lived in Auburn for the past twenty
years, having been a retired brewer in good circumstances, but who has not
engaged in active business for some years. He was a member of the independent
Order of Odd Fellows. The Weber home was one of the most attractive homes here,
and its consumption by fire, and the tragic end of its occupants, was a shock
to the entire community, which is greatly excited.
Up to
No arrests
have yet been made and it does not seem likely that any will be to-day. Public
opinion has come around to the conclusion that the terrible deed was committed
either by Julius Weber or his son, Adolph. The nature of the wounds on the
elder Weber as they shall be developed at the inquest will go a long way toward
establishing his part in the awful tragedy, in the minds of the people.
It has been
learned that Adolph Weber entered a dry goods store last evening and purchased
a pair of trousers. He seemed much excited and took the first pair offered him,
although the clerk told him they did not fit. He said he was in a hurry and
explained that he had torn his old trousers upon a fire plug on a dark street.
As told elsewhere in this account, he was among the first to reach the scene of
the fire, and it is now said he was seen to throw a pair of trousers into the
flames.
Chris HENNY
and Mrs. E.C. SNOWDEN were the first to reach the fire. They found the doors
locked to their surprise, and noticed that there appeared to be no sign of life
about the place. A man who lives in a cabin not far from the Weber home says he
heard screams from the house sometime before the fire was discovered, and this
leads to the conclusion that the crime was committed quite awhile before.
ROBBED
HIS BENEFACTOR AND PROMPTLY ARRESTED
Early
yesterday morning Hadley discovered that his pocketbook was missing and at once
suspected Powers to whom he had given money the night before with which to buy
meals and lodging. Hadley reported the case to the Marysville officers but they
took little stock in the story. He kept hot on the trail of Powers, however,
and followed him to
Powers had
changed a twenty-dollar gold piece at McRAE & ASHLEY’s store a few minutes before the officers arrested
him. In the meantime he had evidently divided up with his companions as the
officers found only $5 on his person. Sheriff Wilson turned Powers over to the
Marysville officers.
DREW
HIS GUN AND DEMANDED A LETTER
Hayward
FORBES, a teamster from the foothills, entered the Post Office and flourished a
revolver as he demanded of the Postmistress, Mrs. WINTERSTEIN, a letter which
he appeared to think was being withheld from him. Several men were in the
office, but none made a move to disarm the belligerent foothiller.
After a little
parleying the gun was replaced in the foothiller’s
pocket, and a satisfactory explanation given as to the supposed missing letter.
Then the Postmistress resorted to the female weapon, the tongue, and gave
Forbes a lashing that he will not soon forget.
So far as
known no action has been taken to have the gunwielder
arrested for his actions.
INJURED
BY FALLING LIMB WOODMAN BECOMES INSANE
UKIAH (Mendocino Co.), November 11 - H.R. WALDO
brought Arthur McELROY over from
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Saturday
YOUNG
WEBER ON THE WITNESS STAND AT LAST NIGHT’S INQUEST
Gave Detailed Account of His Movements Just Prior to
Discovery of Tragedy -
Said He Did Not Throw Old Trousers Into the Fire by Design
- Other Incidents
The awful killing of Julius Weber, his wife and two children, has thrown this community into a fever of excitement for the past forty-eight hours, and many were loath to believe the shocking detail of the fiendish affair, especially as suspicion had fallen upon a son who has had every attention and advantage that could be bestowed upon him by a parent.